Nuns and Married Women, Queen Christina of Sweden

“Nuns and married women are equally unhappy, if in different ways.” - Queen Christina of Sweden. Any way you looked at it in the 1600s, the Master was always a man, and vice versa.

Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 139.

Real Courage, You Begin Anyway, Atticus Finch, Harper Lee

“I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what." - (Atticus Finch) ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

Found on Goodreads, at https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/3275794-to-kill-a-mockingbird.

No One, Your Worth, Pearl Baily

“No one can figure out your worth but you.” - Pearl Baily

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 35.

Duty of Our Generation, Solidarity, Elie Wiesel

"This is the duty of our generation as we enter the twenty-first century -- solidarity with the weak, the persecuted, the lonely, the sick, and those in despair. It is expressed by the desire to give a noble and humanizing meaning to a community in which all members will define themselves not by their own identity but by that of others." - Elie Wiesel

This can be found at http://www.wisdomquotes.com/authors/elie-wiesel/.

Worth Possessing, Possessed, Sara Teasdale

“No one worth possessing/Can be quite possessed.” - Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Sara Teasdale

Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 142.

Men, Independence, Woman, Demolishing, Candice Bergen

“Men say they love independence in a woman, but they don't waste a second demolishing it brick by brick.” - Candice Bergen

Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 166.

Nothing is Impossible, Word Itself, Audrey Hepburn

“Nothing is impossible; the word itself says 'I'm possible.'” - Audrey Hepburn

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 11.

People Will Forget, Never Forget, How You Made Them Feel, Maya Angelou

“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” ― Maya Angelou

Found on Goodreads. Find more here.

No Man, Govern Any Woman, Consent, Susan B. Anthony

"No man is good enough to govern any woman without her consent." - Susan B. Anthony

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/susan_b_anthony_399720.

Terribly Shy, Neither Would I, Carol Channing

“I am terribly shy, but of course no one believes me. Come to think of it, neither would I.” - Carol Channing. Shy, perhaps, but scarcely retiring: in her eighth decade of life, Hello Dolly is still a happening thing.

Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 14.

Woman, Best Friend, Life is Easier, Diane von Furstenberg

“When a woman becomes her own best friend, life is easier.” - Diane von Furstenberg

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 8.

Love, Cynical, Erica Jong

“Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it.” - Erotic novelist Erica Jong, a fearless frequent flyer.

Found in Loose Cannons: Devastating Dish from the World's Wildest Women, complied by Autumn Stephens, page 78.

My Goal, Strident, Susan Faludi

“My goal is to be accused of being strident.” - Susan Faludi, scribing of the stinging Backlash.

Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 17.

Plain Women, Beautiful Ones, Katharine Hepburn

“Plain women know more about men than beautiful ones do.” - Katharine Hepburn.”

Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 102.

Don't Give Up Trying, Love and Inspiration, Ella Fitzgerald

"Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong." — Ella Fitzgerald, African-American Jazz singer

Found on Beliefnet.com at http://www.beliefnet.com/inspiration/2010/01/inspiring-quotes-from-great-women-in-history.aspx?p=12.

Love, Hiding Place, Zora Neale Hurston

"Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place." - Zora Neale Hurston

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/zora_neale_hurston_106544.

Supernatural Source of Evil, Men Alone are Quite Capable, Joseph Conrad

"The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness." - Joseph Conrad

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/joseph_conrad_118939

Spread the Wealth Around, Barack Obama

"I think when you spread the wealth around it's good for everybody." - Barack Obama

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/barack_obama_409183.

Future, Beauty of Their Dreams, Eleanor Roosevelt

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." - Eleanor Roosevelt

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/eleanor_roosevelt_100940.

Reality, Stop Believing, Doesn't Go Away, Philip K. Dick

“Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.” ― Philip K. Dick, I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/4764.Philip_K_Dick.

Liberal, Radical, Conservative Advocate, Fair Play, Gloria Steinem

"No man can call himself liberal, or radical, or even a conservative advocate of fair play, if his work depends in any way on the unpaid or underpaid labor of women at home, or in the office." - Gloria Steinem

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/gloria_steinem_101981.

Avoiding Danger, Outright Exposure, Fearful, Bold, Helen Keller

“Avoiding danger is not safe in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold.” - Helen Keller

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 4.

Women, Protection, Susan B. Anthony

"Woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself." - Susan B. Anthony, speech in San Francisco, Jul. 1871

Found on Notable Quotes at http://www.notable-quotes.com/a/anthony_susan_b.html.

Someone Who Never Gossips, Interested in People, Barbara Walters

“Show me someone who never gossips, and I'll show you someone who isn't interested in people.” - Broadcast newswoman Barbara Walters, a very caring conversationalist.

Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 9.

No Woman, Control, Body, Margaret Sanger

“No woman can call herself free who does not control her own body.” - Margaret Sanger

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 47.

Hollywood, Marriages, Problems, Shelley Winters

“In Hollywood, all marriages are happy. It's trying to live together afterwards that causes all the problems.” - Actress Shelley Winters. As the wife of three, she earned her cynicism the old-fashioned way.

Found in Loose Cannons: Devastating Dish from the World's Wildest Women, complied by Autumn Stephens, page 80.

Life Shrinks or Expands, Anais Nin

“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.” - Anais Nin

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 65.

Information, Common Sense, Gertrude Stein

“Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.” - Gertrude Stein

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 55.